8 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1909. 
callosum Sandere, and C.i. Dorothy have in every case reverted to coloured 
forms, while hybrids with C. bellatulum album have also partially reverted, 
as shown by the figures at pp. 104, 105 of our last volume. Seedlings 
obtained by crossing together albino varieties of Cattleya labiata have also 
yielded ordinary coloured forms, and thus were equally disappointing. But 
a batch of hybrids raised from Cypripedium x Maudiz and C. insigne 
Sanderianum retained the albino character, as may be seen by the figures 
of C. X Rossetti with its two parents given at pp. 265-267 of the same 
volume. This seems to show that the two varieties of C. insigne men- 
tioned, Sanderz and Sanderianum, are constitutionally much more distinct 
than would appear from their characters. Further observations on the 
subject will be awaited with interest, for differences of opinion exist as to 
the cause. 
Our ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Several novelties of the year have been illustrated in our pages, 
namely :— 
Chrondropetalum Fletcheri, p. 56. 
Cypripedium X Rossetti, p. 265. 
Diacattleya Colmaniz, p. 80. 
Odontoglossum X Crawshayanum, Thompson’s var., p. 177. 
Odontoglossum X egregium, Madame Jules Hye de Crom, p. 209. 
Odontoglossum X maculatissimum, p. 169. 
Vanda coerulea Charlesworthii, p. 361. 
The female flowers of Cycnoches Egertonianum and the handsome 
Coelogyne Mooreana have not previously been figured. 
LossES DURING THE YEAR. 
Three well-known Orchidists have passed away during the year. The 
death of the Marquis de Wavrin, of Ghent, in February last, left a blank in 
the ranks of Belgian Orchidists, and his fine collection was sold during the 
Ghent week. Later in the year another enthusiastic Orchidist passed away 
in the person of Frau Ida Brandt, of Zurich, from whose collection we have 
received many interesting Orchids, and who had been a subscriber to this 
work almost from the commencement. The name of John Carder has been 
familiar to Orchidists for many years as an importer of Odontoglossums, but 
his death took place early in December. 
another page. 
So much for the events of the past year, those of the coming one cannot 
be foreseen, but we may at least anticipate that it will contribute its quota 
to the general progress of Orchidology. The preparations of the hybridist 
are now on a vast scale. May the harvest be equal to his most sanguine 
anticipations. 
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